Top-Notch Comics  (1939)

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$480
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$1.4k
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$6.2k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of the Wizard and Kardak the Mystic Magician

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$450
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$1.4k
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$4.5k

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First time a swastika appears on a comic book cover

Archie ⋅ 1940

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$55
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$160
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$540
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$140
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$420
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$1.5k

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1st appearance of Streak Chandler

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$165
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$500
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$1.8k

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1st appearance of Galahad

Archie ⋅ 1940

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$140
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$420
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$1.4k

Archie ⋅ 1940

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$80
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$235
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$785
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$300
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$1k
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$3k

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1st appearance of Firefly and Roy the Super Boy

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$600
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$1.8k
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$7.5k

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1st appearance and origin of Black Hood

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$400
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$1.2k
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$4k

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2nd appearance of Black Hood

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$190
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$570
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$1.9k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$170
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$510
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$1.7k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$180
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$540
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$1.8k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$290
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$870
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$2.9k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$180
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$540
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$1.8k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$240
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$720
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$2.4k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$230
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$690
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$2.3k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$210
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$630
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$2.1k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$230
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$690
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$2.3k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$180
Mid
$540
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$1.8k

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$200
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$600
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$2k
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$3k
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$9k
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$30.1k

Key Facts

Full-page advertisement for Pep Comics #22, the first appearance of Archie Andrews

Top Notch #22 went on sale 5 days before Pep Comics #22

Archie is depicted as having dark hair, not red, in the promotional artwork

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$160
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$480
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$1.6k

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$120
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$360
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$1.2k

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$130
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$390
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$1.3k

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$75
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$225
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$750

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$100
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$300
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$1k
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$330
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$990
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$3.3k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Suzie

1st appearance of Pokey Oakey

Title changed to Top-Notch Laugh Comics and a humorous theme, formerly Top-Notch Comics, a superhero title

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$55
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$170
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$560

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$50
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$150
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$505

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$120
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$360
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$1.2k

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$80
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$235
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$780
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$40
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$120
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$440

Key Facts

1st appearance of Dotty and Ditto

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$90
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$275
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$920

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$110
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$330
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$1.1k

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$25
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$70
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$230

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$110
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$330
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$1.1k

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$50
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$145
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$475

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$290
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$870
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$2.9k

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$320
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$960
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$3.2k

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$20
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$60
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$195

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$140
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$420
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$1.4k

Archie ⋅ 1944

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$140
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$420
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$1.4k

Archie ⋅ 1944

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$60
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$175
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$575

Archie ⋅ 1944

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$120
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$360
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$1.2k

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